Bridgeport, Connecticut

1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of a busy urban street scene. The image captures a moment on a city sidewalk where an individual is holding a wrapped parcel, while others move about the street. The architecture in the background features buildings with large windows and an aged appearance. Shadow play and light reflect the time of the day, likely midday.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.1 x 18 cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.111.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938-2010, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 22 – August 5, 2012

Inscriptions

on verso, upper right, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: VIII / 69; by unknown hand, center in graphite: F.B. / R 15; lower left corner: #111; lower right: "In Bridgeport's War Factories" / Fortune, September 1941

Wikidata ID

Q64170037

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